U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC)As the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) to U.S. Pacific Command, USARPAC postures and prepares the force for unified land operations, responds to threats, sustains and protects the force, and builds military relationships that develop partner defense capacity in order to contribute to a stable and secure PACOM area of responsibility.
USARPAC commands Army forces in the Asia-Pacific region, the largest area of responsibility in the Department of Defense (DoD) covering half the globe and including ...
WELCOME TO GRAND FORKS AFB Welcome to Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota; a base in transition from air refueling tankers to remotely piloted aircraft which has given the United States a game-changing capability to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions throughout the world. In compliance with a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure directive, we successfully ended one half century of air refueling operations when the last KC-135 departed Grand Forks on December 4, ...
When visitors come to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, one of the first things many of them notice is the roar of jet aircraft passing over the front gate on their way to or from runway number 5/23. On a sign outside the gate, are the words, “Pardon our noise, it’s the sound of freedom.” For more than 70 years, those sounds of freedom have echoed through local skies, from the deep, guttural growl of amphibious biplanes and single-wing ...
Welcome to the United States Coast Guard Academy. One of the smallest of America's five federal service academies, the Coast Guard Academy is situated on 103 acres of rolling hills on the west bank of the Thames River in historic New London, Conn. The Coast Guard Academy offers a prestigious higher education experience which emphasizes leadership, physical fitness and professional development in order to graduate the very best Coast Guard officers. Graduates go directly to positions of ...
